Equipping disciples to GO! Love God and Love Others
1. Moses’ First Address: A Historical Summary ( 1:1–4:49 )
a. Introduction ( 1:1–4 )
b. The Summary of Events in the Wilderness ( 1:5–4:49 )
i. The Call to Leave Sinai (Horeb) ( 1:5–8 )
ii. Moses Appoints Leaders ( 1:9–18 )
iii. The Twelve Spies ( 1:19–46 )
1. Spies Sent Out ( 1:19–25 )
2. Israel’s Rebellion ( 1:26–33 )
3. Israel’s Penalty ( 1:34–40 )
4. The Defeat at Hormah ( 1:41–46 )
iv. The Journey from the Wilderness to the Plains of Moab ( 2:1–3:11 )
1. The Edomites, Moabites, and Ammonites ( 2:1–23 )
2. The Defeat of Sihon ( 2:24–37 )
3. The Defeat of Og ( 3:1–11 )
v. In the Plains of Moab ( 3:12–4:49 )
1. Land Division East of the Jordan ( 3:12–22 )
2. Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan ( 3:23–29 )
3. An Exhortation to Obedience ( 4:1–40 )
4. The Cities of Refuge ( 4:41–43 )
5. Conclusion ( 4:44–49 )
2. Moses’ Second Address: The Terms of the Covenant ( 5:1–26:19 )
a. The Basic Stipulations ( 5:1–11:32 )
i. Remembering Mount Sinai ( 5:1–33 )
1. The Covenant at Sinai ( 5:1–4 )
2. The Ten Commandments ( 5:5–21 )
3. Moses Mediates Between God and Israel ( 5:22–33 )
ii. The Greatest Commandment ( 6:1–25 )
iii. When You Go into the Land ( 7:1–10:11 )
1. Do Not Assimilate into the Nations ( 7:1–11 )
2. God will Fight for Israel ( 7:12–26 )
3. Warning Against Becoming Proud ( 8:1–10:11 )
a. God has Provided All ( 8:1–20 )
b. Not Because of Your Righteousness ( 9:1–6 )
c. Remember the Golden Calf ( 9:7–29 )
d. The New Tablets of Stone ( 10:1–11 )
iv. Call to Obedience ( 10:12–11:32 )
b. The Specific Stipulations ( 12:1–26:19 )
i. Israel’s Worship ( 12:1–16:17 )
1. One Place for Worship ( 12:1–28 )
2. Warning against Idolatry ( 12:29–13:18 )
a. Do Not Inquire about Other Nations gods ( 12:29–32 )
b. Idolaters to be Put to Death ( 13:1–11 )
c. Idolatrous Cities to be Destroyed ( 13:12–18 )
3. Clean and Unclean Animals ( 14:1–21 )
4. Treatment of the Needy ( 14:22–15:23 )
a. Tithing to the Tabernacle ( 14:22–29 )
b. Cancel Depts in the Seventh Year ( 15:1–6 )
c. Generosity in Lending and Giving ( 15:7–11 )
d. Release of Hebrew Servants ( 15:12–18 )
e. Firstborn Animals ( 15:19–23 )
5. The Pilgrimage Festivals ( 16:1–17 )
a. Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread ( 16:1–8 )
b. The Feast of Weeks ( 16:9–12 )
c. The Feast of Tabernacles ( 16:13–17 )
ii. Israel’s Leaders ( 16:18–18:22 )
1. Judges and Justice ( 16:18–20 )
2. Forbidden Forms of Worship ( 16:21–17:7 )
a. Forbidden Locations ( 16:21–22 )
b. Detestable Sacrifices ( 17:1 )
c. Purge the Idolater ( 17:2–7 )
3. Courts of Law ( 17:8–13 )
4. Guidelines for a King ( 17:14–20 )
5. Provisions for Priests and Levites ( 18:1–8 )
6. Sorcery Forbidden ( 18:9–14 )
7. The Prophet like Moses ( 18:15–22 )
iii. Civil Laws and Social Justice ( 19:1–26:19 )
1. Cities of Refuge ( 19:1–14 )
2. The Testimony of Two or Three Witnesses ( 19:15–21 )
3. The Laws of Warfare ( 20:1–20 )
4. Atonement for an Unsolved Murder ( 21:1–9 )
5. Marrying a Captive Woman ( 21:10–14 )
6. Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn ( 21:15–17 )
7. A Rebellious Son ( 21:18–21 )
8. Cursed is Anyone Hung on a Tree ( 21:22–23 )
9. Various Laws ( 22:1–12 )
10. Marriage Violations ( 22:13–30 )
11. Exclusion from the Congregation ( 23:1–8 )
12. Uncleanness in the Camp ( 23:9–14 )
13. Miscellaneous Laws ( 23:15–25 )
14. Marriage and Divorce Laws ( 24:1–5 )
15. Additional Laws ( 24:6–22 )
16. Fairness and Mercy ( 25:1–4 )
17. Widowhood and Marriage ( 25:5–12 )
18. Standard Weights and Measures ( 25:13–16 )
19. Revenge on the Amalekites ( 25:17–19 )
20. Offering Firstfruits and Tithes ( 26:1–15 )
21. Call to Obedience ( 26:16–19 )
3. Moses’ Third Address: A Look into the Future ( 27:1–34:12 )
a. When You Enter the Land ( 27:1–28:68 )
i. The Altar on Mount Ebal ( 27:1–10 )
ii. Call and Response Curses ( 27:11–26 )
iii. The Blessings of Obedience ( 28:1–14 )
iv. The Curses of Disobedience ( 28:15–68 )
b. The Covenant in Moab ( 29:1–30:20 )
i. The Covenant with the Second Generation ( 29:1–29 )
ii. The Promise of Restoration ( 30:1–10 )
iii. The Choice of Life or Death ( 30:11–20 )
c. The Future Leadership of Israel ( 31:1–30 )
i. Joshua to Succeed Moses ( 31:1–8 )
ii. The Reading of the Law ( 31:9–13 )
iii. God Commissions Joshua ( 31:14–23 )
iv. The Law Placed in the Ark of the Covenant ( 31:24–27 )
v. Leadership Gathers to Hear the Song of Moses ( 31:28–30 )
d. The Song of Moses ( 32:1–47 )
e. The Death of Moses ( 32:48–34:12 )
i. Moses’ Death Foretold ( 32:48–52 )
ii. Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes ( 33:1–29 )
iii. The Death of Moses ( 34:1–12 )